Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 disc came out in 2002. It is a discount disc, just like the Region 4. As far as I can ascertain, it has the same (lack of) extras and the same 16x9 enhanced widescreen transfer. Unlike the R4, however, the R1 disc only has a Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack, rather the a 5.1, but the 5.1 soundtrack isn't a surround spectacular, so I wouldn't count this as a distinctive difference. I couldn't find a definitive description of the R1 transfer, but I get the impression that it's no better than the transfer on the R4. I'm calling this one a draw for lack of any information either way.